[BC] AM Interference

[Rich Wood]

------ At 12:50 AM 12/16/2005, FrankGott at aol.com wrote: -------

>There had been discussion on this list a few months ago about potential AM
>interference from BPL services offered by power companies.  Well, the power
>company serving much of the Pittsburgh market is about to offer a BPL service.

We're assured BPL will be benign. No interference. I think it would 
be hypocritical to attack BPL when we appear willing to trash our own 
band with our own stations and IBUZ. As stations light up with it 
more and more adjacents will need 500Kw just to be local.

It's interesting how we're basking in DX nostalgia just as DX is 
about to go away. At some point the FCC will have to authorize 
nighttime operation. If they don't, stations might as well become 
daytimers as far as ratings are concerned. Nighttime AM might not 
have huge ratings draw but every daypart contributes to overall 
numbers. To remove 12 hours a day would have quite an impact.

Rich